How does skiplagging work, why do airlines hate it, and how can you get on your return flight if you’re supposed to be on the flight on the return layover?
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If an aircraft is scheduled to fly from A to B to C, and the fare from A to C is cheaper than the fare from A to B then you just buy an A to C ticket and get off at B. That’s skiplagging. Airlines hate it because you saved money, meaning they lost money. You can’t check any baggage because that should arrive at C.
Skiplagging a return flight is particularly risky because you’re expected to check in at C and, when you don’t, they’ll call you a no-show and give someone else your seat. It’s actually worse than that because the airline can tell you didn’t fly the B to C leg on your outgoing flight and they’re likely to just cancel your whole return ticket at that point. Because they hate skiplagging and don’t want to risk empty seats on the return flights.
If you want to skiplag both ways, at the very least book the two journeys separately rather than as a single return ticket. Even that might not be enough since an airline can decide to cancel all future tickets for a person detected skiplagging. Using two different airlines might work.
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